There petitions require 20,000 signatures each by about late summer 2012 in order to get on the ballot. If they make it onto the ballot and the people of Houston vote in favor of them, they will become a part of Houston's City Ordinances and Regulations, regardless of whether or not the City Council approves of them or not.
Houston has especially been hit hard by illegal immigrant crimes with recent murders of Houston Police Officers by illegals. These illegals who killed police officers would likely have been deported before they could kill if Houston Police Officers were allowed to check the citizenship status of people who they arrest. I have to show my ID when I get pulled over, I do not see why it would be discriminatory to check the citizen status of people who get arrested or pulled over for an infraction not related to their race or ethnicity.
Below is the information I received about this Petition Drive:
Stop the Magnet is a petition drive effort seeking 20,000 City of Houston registered voters to help deter the detrimental effects of illegal immigration in our community.
The “magnets” of jobs and operating under the radar in our city encourages criminal behavior and the ability to set down roots in our community.
We are offering two ballot proposals to help keep American citizens in the workforce and a proactive policy for our Houston Police officers to check the identities more fully where no valid identification is presented in a probable cause encounter.
We believe it is an outrage that our heroic fighting forces are called out to fight for freedom around the world while at home in the United States our borders remain wide open and the costs are borne by hard-working
